Goth

Touched by a vampire Touched by a vampire

Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling.
  • Ripping Nine Inch Nails

    Trent Reznor doesn't just want you to steal his new songs, he wants you to tear them up.
  • Did Portishead kill trip hop?

    The moody British band is back, but they've ditched sensual black grooves and embraced their inner goth.
  • Oops, they went goth!

    My daughter and her friends are suddenly wearing plaid miniskirts and carting around Living Dead Dolls. What do black lipstick and snap-on dog collars mean to a 10-year-old?
  • Sharps & flats

    On the debut "Blush," Bows creak and skitter like a haunted house.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Limp Bizkit's rants would be acceptable if they were black; getting it right on Goth; are you sheltering your children or setting them up?
  • Wild children

    Gloomy, morbid, doomed and glorious, Goth kids frighten adults, but they're part of a grand -- and essential -- tradition of outsider audacity.
  • Sharp & flats

    Nick Cave and the Birthday Party adored the sound of piercing feedback, physical exhaustion and collapse.
  • I'm gonna git you, suckhead

    Wesley Snipes stars as the slick vampire-killer in 'Blade,' based on the first black Marvel Comics superhero.
  • The Damned

    Coney Island High, New York February 7, 1998
  • The Awful Truth

    Paint it white

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